Chapter 1. Methodology and Study Participants
Chapter 2. The Biopolitics of Physical Activities, Sexuality and Health
Chapter 3. Practices of Beautification: People's Gendered Sense of the Self and Belonging
Chapter 4. ‘We Will Do What Works Best for Us’: Redefining Masculinities Within the Domestic Space
Chapter 5. Piety and Pleasure in the Cultivation of One’s Religious Self and Sexuality

Conclusion: Rethinking Religion in the Context of Sexual Well-Being

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Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being

African Diasporic Communities in the Netherlands

Amisah Zenabu Bakuri

230 pages, bibliog., index

ISBN 978-1-80539-497-6 Hb Published (May 2024)

eISBN 978-1-80539-498-3 eBook

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“Through compelling ethnographic research, this book challenges commonly held assumptions and stereotypes about the complex relationship between religion and sexuality, offering unique and original insights into the lived experiences of the book’s protagonist.” • Apostolos Andrikopoulos, Harvard University

The self-identifying Ghanaian-Dutch and Somali-Dutch communities residing in the Randstad area of the Netherlands are deeply impacted by religious beliefs and cultural factors in their approach towards sexual health practices, well-being and pleasure. This book shows how religious sensibilities shape the physical activities, beauty practices, and gendered roles that are adopted into the daily lives of these communities in pursuit of their sexual and general well-being. Through an ethnographic account, it explores and challenges the assumptions held around the complex relationship between religion and sexuality.

Amisah Zenabu Bakuri is a research associate at the Faculty of Religion and Theology, Beliefs and Practices, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before this, she worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

Series: Volume 55, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Anthropology (General) Anthropology of Religion

Area: Northern Europe

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Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being

African Diasporic Communities in the Netherlands

Amisah Zenabu Bakuri

Series: Volume 55, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Anthropology (General) Anthropology of Religion

Area: Northern Europe

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Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being

African Diasporic Communities in the Netherlands

Amisah Zenabu Bakuri

Series: Volume 55, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Subject: Gender Studies and Sexuality Anthropology (General) Anthropology of Religion

Area: Northern Europe